This paper proposes using soft histograms for the Local Binary Pattern (LBP) operator that has been widely applied in different image analysis tasks. This makes the operator more robust to noise and make its output continuous with respect to input. The proposed extension is shown to significantly enhance the performance of the operator with degraded images.

Recently, we have developed a nonparametric approach to texture analysis based on simple spatial operators like local binary patterns and signed gray level differences. Very good performance has been obtained in various texture classification and segmentation problems. This paper overviews our approach and presents examples to demonstrate its efficiency. Our results suggest that complementary f...

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the globalisation of the commercial world, and the use of distributed working practices (Offshore/ onshore/ nearshore) has increased dramatically with the improvement of information and communication technologies. Many organisations, especially those that operate within knowledge intensive industries, have turned to distributed work arrangements to facilitate information exchange and provide co...

BACKGROUND Inadequate availability of healthy foods may be a barrier to achieving recommended diets. OBJECTIVE The objective was to study the association between the directly measured availability of healthy foods and diet quality. DESIGN We conducted a cross-sectional study of 759 participants from the Baltimore site of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Diet was characterized by u...

BACKGROUND Diet is an important factor in the prevention of chronic diseases. Analysis of secular trends of dietary patterns can be biased by energy under-reporting. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to analyse the impact of energy under-reporting on dietary patterns and secular trends in dietary patterns defined by cluster analysis. DESIGN AND METHODS Two cross-sectional popu...

Title: Association between diet quality, dietary patterns and cardiometabolic health in Australian adults: a cross-sectional study Version: 0 Date: 01 Nov 2017 Reviewer: Melanie Deschasaux Reviewer’s report: This is an interesting paper reporting on the association between diet and markers of cardiometabolic health. Strengths of this study pertains to the use of several methodological approache...

Three different mechanisms are presented to allow for the representation of 3D surfaces in such a way that key features are retained while at the same time ensuring compatibility with prediction (classification) techniques. The application domain is sheet metal forming. The representations are designed to capture the nature of the surface to be manufactured and predict deformations, known as “s...

The present study analyzed and compared the daily consumption of foods of animal origin in eleven communities of the Lower Amazon, Trombetas and Purus Rivers, representing three different management systems and levels of conservation in the Brazilian Amazon. All food items of animal origin were weighed by at least 10% of the families in the study communities during a week in each period of the ...